# madonna
## English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

madonna (plural madonnas)
* Alternative letter-case form of Madonna.
** A representation of the Virgin Mary.
*** 1868, “Sect VI.—Prussia, continued. Route 81”, in A Handbook for Travellers on the Continent: Being a Guide to Holland, Belgium, Prussia, Northern Germany, and the Rhine from Holland to Switzerland. […], Sixteenth edition, London: John Murray, page 437:Glogau Stat.—Inns: Deutsches Haus; Westphal’s Hotel. A fortress of the 2nd rank on the l. bank of the Oder, 17,000 Inhab. The Dom upon an island dates from 1120, and contains a madonna by Cranach, sen., his masterpiece.
*** 1992, Michael P. Carroll, “The Mary Cult”, in Madonnas That Maim: Popular Catholicism in Italy since the Fifteenth Century, Baltimore, Md., London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 62:Giacomo Medica’s (1965) sample of the 697 most important Marian sanctuaries in Italy gives us some idea of the number of Italian madonnas in Italy as a whole.
*** 1993, Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum, Black Madonnas: Feminism, Religion, and Politics in Italy, Northeastern University Press, →ISBN, page 32:When it has not whitened them, the church has attempted to assimilate dark or black madonnas; this is evident in the many Italian madonnas described as bruna.
*** 2004, Charlene Spretnak, Missing Mary: The Queen of Heaven and Her Re-Emergence in the Modern Church, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 231:The darkening effects of being buried, especially outdoors, sounds plausible in a few such cases, but if candle smoke is to account for all the other dark madonnas, as the Church asserts, why would not the entire statue have become black?
** A morally pure woman.
*** 1995, Merete Leonhardt-Lupa, “A Mother's Sexuality”, in A Mother Is Born: Preparing for Motherhood During Pregnancy, Westport, Conn., London: Bergin & Garvey, →ISBN, page 113:Yet most of us will probably deny that this blissful woman is a sexual woman. We associate her with Virgin Mary, who conceived in an act of spiritual purity and not in carnal lust and desire. We regard her chastity as essential to her maternal rectitude. Thus we hardly recognize the madonna's subtle sensuality as sexual energy, especially not in an age where we measure sexuality in orgasmic potency.
*** 1997, Teri Goodson, “A Prostitute Joins NOW”, in Jill Nagle, editor, Whores and Other Feminists, New York, N.Y., London: Routledge, →ISBN, part 5 (Politics: Activism, Intervention, and Alliance), page 250:For centuries, madonnas provided legitimate children and social respectability; whores, illegitimate pleasure.
*** 2004, Elaine Jeffreys, “Feminist prostitution debates and responses”, in China, Sex and Prostitution (RoutledgeCurzon Studies on China in Transition), London, New York, N.Y.: RoutledgeCurzon, →ISBN, section “The development of theoretical approaches”, page 75:[…] whether women’s liberation might be better achieved by rejecting the traditional dichotomization of women into good girls/bad girls, madonnas/whores, and hence refusing to organize one's sexual desire and pleasure in terms of the repressive and passive roles that are traditionally ascribed to female sexuality within dominant discourses (the so-called ‘agency’ model).
** A lady.
*** 1604 (date written), Iohn Marston [i.e., John Marston], Parasitaster, or The Fawne, […], 2nd edition, London: […] T[homas] P[urfoot] for W[illiam] C[otton], published 1606, →OCLC, Act III, scene i:[…] hee lay laſt night in ſuch a madonnas chamber, tother night he lay in ſuch a Counteſſes couch, to night he lies in ſuch a Ladies cloſet, […]
*** 1960 December, Skulda V. Baner, “A Hollywood madonna”, in American Girl, volume XLIII, number 12, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., page 42:A Hollywood madonna […] “Gentlemen: This is my Christmas madonna …”

##### Related terms

* madonna-like, madonnalike

### Etymology 2

Said to be named after the American singer Madonna.

#### Noun

madonna (plural madonnas)
* (skateboarding) A one-footed lien-to-tail trick, where the front foot is taken off and kicked out straight down behind the board.

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Madonna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌmaːˈdɔ.naː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ma‧don‧na

### Noun

madonna f (plural madonna's)
* Madonna, in particular an artistic depiction of Mary with the infant Jesus

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Italian madonna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑdonːɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝do̞nːɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑdonːɑ
* Hyphenation: ma‧don‧na

### Noun

madonna
* Madonna (picture of Virgin Mary)
* (figuratively) Madonna (morally pure woman)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of madonna (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
madonnani
madonnani
accusative
nom.
madonnani
madonnani
gen.
madonnani
genitive
madonnani
madonnieni madonnaini $^{rare}$
partitive
madonnaani
madonniani
inessive
madonnassani
madonnissani
elative
madonnastani
madonnistani
illative
madonnaani
madonniini
adessive
madonnallani
madonnillani
ablative
madonnaltani
madonniltani
allative
madonnalleni
madonnilleni
essive
madonnanani
madonninani
translative
madonnakseni
madonnikseni
abessive
madonnattani
madonnittani
instructive
comitative
—madonnineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
madonnasi
madonnasi
accusative
nom.
madonnasi
madonnasi
gen.
madonnasi
genitive
madonnasi
madonniesi madonnaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
madonnaasi
madonniasi
inessive
madonnassasi
madonnissasi
elative
madonnastasi
madonnistasi
illative
madonnaasi
madonniisi
adessive
madonnallasi
madonnillasi
ablative
madonnaltasi
madonniltasi
allative
madonnallesi
madonnillesi
essive
madonnanasi
madonninasi
translative
madonnaksesi
madonniksesi
abessive
madonnattasi
madonnittasi
instructive
comitative
—madonninesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
madonnamme
madonnamme
accusative
nom.
madonnamme
madonnamme
gen.
madonnamme
genitive
madonnamme
madonniemme madonnaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
madonnaamme
madonniamme
inessive
madonnassamme
madonnissamme
elative
madonnastamme
madonnistamme
illative
madonnaamme
madonniimme
adessive
madonnallamme
madonnillamme
ablative
madonnaltamme
madonniltamme
allative
madonnallemme
madonnillemme
essive
madonnanamme
madonninamme
translative
madonnaksemme
madonniksemme
abessive
madonnattamme
madonnittamme
instructive
comitative
—madonninemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
madonnanne
madonnanne
accusative
nom.
madonnanne
madonnanne
gen.
madonnanne
genitive
madonnanne
madonnienne madonnainne $^{rare}$
partitive
madonnaanne
madonnianne
inessive
madonnassanne
madonnissanne
elative
madonnastanne
madonnistanne
illative
madonnaanne
madonniinne
adessive
madonnallanne
madonnillanne
ablative
madonnaltanne
madonniltanne
allative
madonnallenne
madonnillenne
essive
madonnananne
madonninanne
translative
madonnaksenne
madonniksenne
abessive
madonnattanne
madonnittanne
instructive
comitative
—madonninenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
madonnansa
madonnansa
accusative
nom.
madonnansa
madonnansa
gen.
madonnansa
genitive
madonnansa
madonniensa madonnainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
madonnaansa
madonniaan madonniansa
inessive
madonnassaan madonnassansa
madonnissaan madonnissansa
elative
madonnastaan madonnastansa
madonnistaan madonnistansa
illative
madonnaansa
madonniinsa
adessive
madonnallaan madonnallansa
madonnillaan madonnillansa
ablative
madonnaltaan madonnaltansa
madonniltaan madonniltansa
allative
madonnalleen madonnallensa
madonnilleen madonnillensa
essive
madonnanaan madonnanansa
madonninaan madonninansa
translative
madonnakseen madonnaksensa
madonnikseen madonniksensa
abessive
madonnattaan madonnattansa
madonnittaan madonnittansa
instructive
comitative
—madonnineen madonninensa :

#### Derived terms

* madonnankuva
* madonnanpalvonta

### Further reading

* “madonna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin mea domina (“my lady”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈdɔn.na/
* Rhymes: -ɔnna
* Hyphenation: ma‧dòn‧na

### Noun

madonna f (plural madonne)
* (now chiefly historical, literary) honorific title used to address women [from 12th c.]

### Interjection

madonna
* (sometimes mildly vulgar, slang) express anger, astonishment, fear etc.
    Synonym: cristo

#### Derived terms

* donna
* Madonna
* madonnaro
* madonnina
* smadonnare

#### Related terms

* della madonna

#### Descendants

* → French: madone
* → Greek: μαντόνα (mantóna)
** → Ottoman Turkish: منتونا (mantona, “mistress, concubine”)
* → Spanish: madona

### Further reading

* Meyer, Gustav (1893) “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, page 90
* Meyer, Gustav (1893) “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, page 38

### Anagrams

* mandano, mondana

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Italian madonna.

### Noun

madonna f (definite singular madonnaa, indefinite plural madonnaer, definite plural madonnaene)
* a Madonna (a depiction of the Virgin Mary)
* (chiefly definite singular) the Virgin Mary

### References

* “madonna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian madonna, from Latin mea domina.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈdɔn.na/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔnna
* Syllabification: ma‧don‧na
* Homophone: Madonna

### Noun

madonna f
* (art, Christianity) Madonna, in particular an artistic depiction of Mary with the infant Jesus
* (humorous) woman of subtle, spiritual beauty

#### Declension
### Further reading

* madonna in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* madonna in Polish dictionaries at PWN